Poison Master

From a young age you have known the ins and outs of the criminal underground. You understand the flow of goods and the means by which assassins are hired to do the dirty work of those who have enough coin. These blades in the night are your primary source of income. They come to you for brews capable of dealing death in more subtle ways, and your creations make it seem as though their targets died of natural causes. After all, nothing sends a more menacing message than a king choking on his own blood.

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Poisoner’s Kit, Disguise Kit

Languages: Thieves Cant, One of your choice

Equipment: Disguise Kit, common clothes with a hood, a pouch containing 20 gp, and a Poisoner’s Kit.

Suggested Characteristics

d6 Personality Trait

1 Cold and calculating at all times, I never allow myself to show emotion.

2 I am slow to trust, and I am confident that once my trust has been gained, no one would dare break it.

3 I always maintain a kind and friendly demeanor towards everyone I meet, and no one suspects my true vocation until it is far too late.

4 Veiled threats are embedded in my most basic communications with others.

5 I find it difficult to sleep soundly at night because the faces of my countless victims haunt my dreams.

 

6 I keep a menagerie of poisonous creatures in small jars and cages that I can carry in my pack.

d6 Ideal

1 Precision: A quick, clean kill with no unpleasant mishaps is always my goal. (Any)

2 Pain: It is not enough simply to kill; my targets will most certainly experience pain as they move on from this world. (Evil)

3 Fate: Everyone dies at some point, and I have no qualms with being the vehicle of a person’s demise. (Neutral)

4 Exploration: Poisons have so many varied and unique characteristics, and finding new deadly substances never gets old. (Chaotic)

5 Justice: My poisons are often used to dispatch violent and depraved criminals, and I can think of no better use for my skills. (Lawful)

6 Pride: There are others who do what I do, but none have come close to the reputation that I have built for myself. (Any)

d6 Bond

1 Deep within my core I truly despise all living things and gain a great deal of pleasure from their destruction.

2 The study of death is every bit as valuable as the study of life, and my research in the area of poisonous substances is important work.

3 I have been wronged by many people during my lifetime. Some of them are already dead, but many more are still on my list.

4 My brother is an assassin for a powerful organization, and I continue to provide him with reliable tools of the trade in the hopes that I can keep negative consequences from befalling him.

5 The poison master who mentored me expects me to live up to his reputation. He may choose to eliminate me if I don’t.

6 The coin that I earn from this lucrative profession will keep my children from growing up in the same squalid conditions that I did.

d6 Flaw

1 The poisonous fumes produced by my mixtures have taken their toll over the years, and I have a nagging cough that cannot be quelled.

2 My loyalty goes to the highest bidder, without exception.

3 My taste buds are completely and permanently destroyed.

4 I enjoy the suffering of others much more than I care to admit.

5 Necrosis has turned the tips of my fingers black, so I must wear gloves to conceal my craft from others.

6 I believe that my work makes me untouchable, and I am overconfident to the point of arrogance.

d6	Personality Trait
1	Cold and calculating at all times, I never allow myself to show emotion.
2	I am slow to trust, and I am confident that once my trust has been gained, no one would dare break it.
3	I always maintain a kind and friendly demeanor towards everyone I meet, and no one suspects my true vocation until it is far too late.
4	Veiled threats are embedded in my most basic communications with others.
5	I find it difficult to sleep soundly at night because the faces of my countless victims haunt my dreams.
6	I keep a menagerie of poisonous creatures in small jars and cages that I can carry in my pack.

d6	Ideal
1	Precision: A quick, clean kill with no unpleasant mishaps is always my goal. (Any)
2	Pain: It is not enough simply to kill; my targets will most certainly experience pain as they move on from this world. (Evil)
3	Fate: Everyone dies at some point, and I have no qualms with being the vehicle of a person’s demise. (Neutral)
4	Exploration: Poisons have so many varied and unique characteristics, and finding new deadly substances never gets old. (Chaotic)
5	Justice: My poisons are often used to dispatch violent and depraved criminals, and I can think of no better use for my skills. (Lawful)
6	Pride: There are others who do what I do, but none have come close to the reputation that I have built for myself. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Deep within my core I truly despise all living things and gain a great deal of pleasure from their destruction.
2	The study of death is every bit as valuable as the study of life, and my research in the area of poisonous substances is important work.
3	I have been wronged by many people during my lifetime. Some of them are already dead, but many more are still on my list.
4	My brother is an assassin for a powerful organization, and I continue to provide him with reliable tools of the trade in the hopes that I can keep negative consequences from befalling him.
5	The poison master who mentored me expects me to live up to his reputation. He may choose to eliminate me if I don’t.
6	The coin that I earn from this lucrative profession will keep my children from growing up in the same squalid conditions that I did.

d6	Flaw
1	The poisonous fumes produced by my mixtures have taken their toll over the years, and I have a nagging cough that cannot be quelled.
2	My loyalty goes to the highest bidder, without exception.
3	My taste buds are completely and permanently destroyed
4	I enjoy the suffering of others much more than I care to admit.
5	Necrosis has turned the tips of my fingers black, so I must wear gloves to conceal my craft from others.
6	I believe that my work makes me untouchable, and I am overconfident to the point of arrogance.